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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 18:10 |
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Beamer wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 13:35:
xXBatmanXx wrote on Jun 15, 2012, 22:15:
I have an Econ major! Hire me!!!!!
They've had the job posted for, like, 3 years!
But they wanted a phd.
Seems like they're flexible on that part of it, but you'd need to have demonstrable proof of considerable quantitative ability. Having a doctorate is just one of the easiest ways to show that.
I do quantitative and theoretical work, but not to the extent or depth that they appear to be looking for. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 14:04 |
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There was some Gabe quote awhile back where he said that if their hiring standards were as high when they opened as they are now, a lot of the original folks might not have made the cut.
So (anyone applying) I wouldn't get too bent out of shape if you don't hear from them.
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RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure.
Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling... |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 13:41 |
xXBatmanXx |
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Beamer wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 13:35:
xXBatmanXx wrote on Jun 15, 2012, 22:15:
I have an Econ major! Hire me!!!!!
They've had the job posted for, like, 3 years!
But they wanted a phd.
I r not dat smert... |
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In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. / Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 13:35 |
Beamer |
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Jun 15, 2012, 22:15:
I have an Econ major! Hire me!!!!!
They've had the job posted for, like, 3 years!
But they wanted a phd. |
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Re: That ain't science. |
Jun 16, 2012, 13:18 |
xXBatmanXx |
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Mr. Tact wrote on Jun 15, 2012, 23:52:
Meh, economics! Only slightly less horrendous than psychology.
Whoops, read that wrong.
I love economics, was a tutor all through college, I never really understood why people didn't "get it". Once I spent some time with them, it just appeared that the teachers of the econ courses just weren't all that people person friendly.......a different point of view or example seemed to make things clear for most. If there was more money in it, and more organizations applied or hired economists to their payrolls, I probably would have stuck with it. Worked 6 years as a Sr Finance Analyst reporting to executives of organizations, which was probably the best I could do in that line of work at the time without going into a jr VP position.
This comment was edited on Jun 16, 2012, 13:29. |
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In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. / Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
Playing: RL |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 10:07 |
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killer_roach wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 09:59:
LittleMe wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 00:43:
So is he a Keynesian or Austrian economist?
Most economists would tell you that either label is quite limiting.
Speaking personally, I'm a microfoundations guy as far as macro thought is concerned.
Agreed. I also tend to focus on micro over macro. The Austrian School is interesting but much like the Keynesian or Classic or Neo-Keynesian or any other school, it's too limited. To be the best economist possible you have to go beyond the limits and adapt every knowledge you have to the work you do. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 09:59 |
killer_roach |
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LittleMe wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 00:43:
So is he a Keynesian or Austrian economist?
Most economists would tell you that either label is quite limiting.
Speaking personally, I'm a microfoundations guy as far as macro thought is concerned. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 06:21 |
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LittleMe wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 00:43:
So is he a Keynesian or Austrian economist? I suspect being able to experiment with this kind of thing is what attracted him to the job. The real world has a mass of external variables and other noise, this is an extraordinary opportunity for lab experimentation. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 06:05 |
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theyarecomingforyou wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 05:19:
Dev wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 02:43:
Its about time.
Maybe they can hire a couple of GUI specialists to polish up steam while they are at it. Or contract them out if the work isn't interesting enough. +1
Steam has the best client for any digital distribution service but it's still pretty poor - organising games is cumbersome and you're limited to one category per game; the grid mode is horrible and slow; the list view looks terrible and only has very small icons; the community features are poorly laid out, don't update dynamically, are unreliable and slow to load, etc. Yep exactly. They JUST recently added ability to search friends list (I bet it was just a few minute job of copying code from library search to friends window).
They have NO WAY of searching in your games library by category, so its nearly impossible to see what games I own that are co-op. They have them listed in each store page, but I'd have to go through 500 store pages to see each of my games if its co-op. You'd think they'd make it a little easier to buy and play games with certain features like that. I'm not the only one with this problem, there a tons of threads on steam about "wtf games are co-op"
Again, this should be easy to implement.
You also can't tag a friend or game with more than 1 tag. Yes I know this might create duplicates in the list, but there could be an option to show or hide duplicates or something. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 05:19 |
theyarecomingforyou |
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Dev wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 02:43:
Its about time.
Maybe they can hire a couple of GUI specialists to polish up steam while they are at it. Or contract them out if the work isn't interesting enough. +1
Steam has the best client for any digital distribution service but it's still pretty poor - organising games is cumbersome and you're limited to one category per game; the grid mode is horrible and slow; the list view looks terrible and only has very small icons; the community features are poorly laid out, don't update dynamically, are unreliable and slow to load, etc.
Valve will need to update Steam with the upcoming release of Windows 8 in order to support Metro. Potentially the side-snapped mode would be incredibly useful and if it is done properly I could easily see myself leaving it open all the time. Valve supported Windows 7's jumplists quite quickly but I have a feeling that we won't see Metro support as quickly, as it is a much more substantial change. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 02:43 |
Dev |
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Its about time.
Maybe they can hire a couple of GUI specialists to polish up steam while they are at it. Or contract them out if the work isn't interesting enough. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 01:37 |
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Sepharo wrote on Jun 16, 2012, 00:51:
What would an Austrian do?
Also I think he's a Greek-Australian Econometrist.
Not to be confused with a Greco-Roman Econometrist. |
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| Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 00:51 |
Sepharo |
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What would an Austrian do?
Also I think he's a Greek-Australian Econometrist. |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 16, 2012, 00:43 |
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So is he a Keynesian or Austrian economist? An Keynesian will deflate your in-game money as a sort of stealth theft and rationalize it by saying the game would break if they didn't steal the value of your currency. Also, they'll call it money when it's really just debt in disguise. They'll also do clever tricks like call the currency two different things at the same time as in 'dollars' or 'federal reserve notes.'
This comment was edited on Jun 16, 2012, 00:48. |
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| Political freedom can only be preceded by economic freedom which is preceded by monetary freedom. |
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That ain't science. |
Jun 15, 2012, 23:52 |
Mr. Tact |
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| Meh, economics! Only slightly less horrendous than psychology. |
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| Truth is brutal. Prepare for pain. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 15, 2012, 23:42 |
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As an economist, he is gonna be so pissed off when he find out that they are using cardboard box full of money to hold up bookshelf.
Don't think an economist is gonna see that as good use of cash.
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 15, 2012, 23:29 |
killer_roach |
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xXBatmanXx wrote on Jun 15, 2012, 22:15:
I have an Econ major! Hire me!!!!!
Go to Valve Software's jobs page, they'll tell you how to submit your resume/CV to them.
I sent mine in a while back to them, haven't heard back. Don't really expect to, seeing as, unlike Dr. Varoufakis, I'm not published. |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 15, 2012, 22:19 |
Sepharo |
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quote not edit |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 15, 2012, 22:19 |
Sepharo |
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You know as an outsider to the game industry you arrive at Valve HQ, take the tour, and are just like... Yes pay me an amazing salary for the rest of my life at a company where I can do whatever I want, where do I sign?
Even the driver in his story was in on the game... Oh a Valve interview? Congrats man! |
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| [I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr |
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Re: Valve's Economist |
Jun 15, 2012, 22:15 |
xXBatmanXx |
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| I have an Econ major! Hire me!!!!! |
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In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. / Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
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